NEWARK -- The Devils notched their 10th victory of the season when they held off the Florida Panthers in a 2-1 win on Saturday at the Prudential Center. Behind a strong Cory Schneider performance, the Devils did enough to snap a four-game losing streak. Here are six observations from the win, with player reaction.

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"What we needed back there"

With the Devils riding a four-game losing streak, they wanted to find a way to get back in the win column before beginning a four-game road trip. Goalie Cory Schneider made the Devils' two goals stand up by making 32 saves on 33 shots, giving a vintage performance the team needed.

“He was what we needed back there tonight," Devils coach John Hynes said. "Sometimes when you struggle to find a way to get two points in games, you need your best players and leaders to be able to come up big. I thought Cory was a big difference for us.”

The only time the Panthers beat Schneider was when Nick Bjugstad made a second effort to score on his own rebound in the second period, chipping the puck in after Schneider made an initial difficult save. On their three-game home stand, the Devils were locked in three relatively low-scoring games. Now that the regular season is in full swing and teams have settled in, Schneider expects more games of that style.

“You see it around the league now. Scoring’s going down. It’s a lot of 3-2s. 2-1s," Schneider said. "It’s that time of year where you’re playing more games, so a little bit less energy to score goals, but teams are starting to get systems down, guys are in a groove and defending better. It’s just less room out there. We have to find ways on the power play or have special teams come up big like they did tonight.”